An Evans man was killed in what appears to be a suicide while driving on Riverwatch Parkway Tuesday morning.

The 22-year-old man, whose name was not being released pending the notification of his next of kin, was driving west on Riverwatch Parkway just after 11 a.m. when his Toyota Rav 4 hit a guard rail at near Commerce Drive, according to Columbia County Deputy Coroner Harriett Garrison.

The ongoing trial of a former 4-H employee accused of having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old girl focused on witnesses testifying in her behalf Tuesday.

The trial against Jennifer Gayle Davenport, 27, of Augusta, started Monday. Prosecutors rested their case after the 15-year-old victim underwent cross-examination including a review of her videotaped interview at the Child Advocacy Center.

No one sustained life-threatening in juries in a Monday morning wreck that rolled one car and sent another down a steep embankment.

At about 8:30 a.m., Shanikko Young, 27, of Evans, stopped on Hereford Farm Road to take a left into Crawford Creek subdivision, according to Columbia County sheriff’s Deputy Mike Miller. Walter Hering, 50, of Augusta, was driving his Nissan truck east behind Young, traveling too fast, Miller said.

Charles C. Jones, 45, of Rance Perry Road, was arrested after not showing up for an 11 a.m. scheduled interview with Columbia County Sheriff’s Office investigator, according to sheriff’s Major Rick Whitaker. Jones was charged with cruelty to animals.

No one was seriously injured Friday morning after a wreck that flipped a van.

Joshua Lee Canady, 20, of Augusta, was driving a Comcast van south on N. Belair Road in front of Home Depot at about 10:30 a.m. when he was hit by a Chrysler P.T. Cruiser, driven by Thedrea Aleigh Miller, 30 of Grovetown, according to Columbia County sheriff’s Deputy Keith Warner.

A section of railroad tracks in Grovetown will close for repairs Tuesday.

Beginning Tuesday, CSX will close Katherine Street at Horizon South Parkway to replace rails on a section of track, according to a notice from the Grovetown Department of Public Safety. The repairs are expected to last two or three days.

Katherine Street is a popular cut-through from Robinson Avenue to Horizon South Parkway. Motorists are encouraged to avoid Katherine Street if they are expecting to cross the tracks and to use Robinson Avenue and Wrightsboro Road instead.

An Augusta woman convicted Wednes­day in a 2011 wreck that killed a Barnwell, S.C. teen, could spend the next two decades in prison.

After two days of testimony and more than three hours of deliberation, a Columbia County jury found Kristine Marie Heath, 37, guilty of vehicular homicide, five counts of serious injury by vehicle and failure to stop at a stop sign.

Superior Court Judge Michael N. Annis sentenced Heath to 20 years in prison followed by 10 years on probation.